Twenty-Eight

This is the tenth year I’ve blogged my birthday: 19, 20, 21, 22 (this one is funny), 23, 24, 25, and 26, 27. Wow… I don’t think I’ve ever done anything for ten years in a row before.

The public awareness of blogging comes and goes every two years, but for me it’s been a rock of intrinsic goodness that I keep coming back to. I think that’s why I love working on the platforms around it so much.

I was on the road a lot this year, covering about 190k miles over 245 days. (An average velocity of 21.6 mph.) I spent longer stretches in the same place, and often to places I had been before, which was nice for starting to appreciate the character of a given place. (52 cities and 12 countries.)

It was also one of my most productive years yet. The big resolutions from last year — launching Jetpack, Jazz Quotes, three major WordPress versions — all were completed, and as the team at Automattic grew and matured I was able to focus my time a lot more, even finding time to start coding again and switch (back) to Mac after 8 years on Windows.

In my twenty-eighth year I want to focus more on friends, family, and loved ones, something I’m running late for by doing this blog post, so will wrap this up now and see you all more later in 2012. 🙂

Thank You Matt for giving us WORDPRESS
Just one line East or West WordPress is the best.
Wish you a Very Very Happy Birth Day (I must bookmark theday to post Happy Birthday every year)
Well what surprise will we get on WordPress’s BirthDay this January?

Happy Birthday Matt!
Can’t believe it’s already 3 years ago when we met in Berlin in 2008! Back then you inspired me to help artists with their WordPress sites and that’s exactly what I do now 🙂 So all the best to you in this new year. Keep up the good work, you’re really making a difference for a lot of people out there!

Happy Birthday Matt! Thank you for WordPress. Seriously, thank you. Because of it, I am able to work from home part time and make enough to raise 3 beautiful daughters. It’s a good life, and I owe a small percentage of that to you my friend. Thank you. I’m not sure it would be possible without WordPress (and the team behind it).

I noticed you’re looking to raise funds for clean drinking water. I’ve been closely associated with the guys over at Buy1Give1 which is essentially a zero cost charity conduit. A number of their worthy causes are around clean drinking water for a number of countries including Africa – to which I’ve contributed. You might like to check them out in case they’re able to assist you.

And a huge thank you too for WordPress as well – I migrated my Drupal site over to WP over the Xmas break and what a breath of fresh air that has turned out to be.